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The time for tinkering at the edges is over
Growing numbers of rough sleepers and rising in-work poverty show radical change is what’s needed, says RICHARD LEONARD
BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
FOR just one person to die while homeless and sleeping on the streets is one too many. For there to have been at least 450 deaths last year, 94 of them in Scotland, is heartbreaking and tells us that something is drastically wrong in our economic and political system and this has to radically change.
These figures were published in the autumn but as the festive season approaches, and the temperatures drop, they take on even more significance. Shelter recently published a report that showed the increase in homelessness meant someone lost their home every 18 minutes in Scotland last year. Across the UK, rough sleeping has more than doubled since 2010.
We all do what we can when we see someone sleeping rough. And charities do great work, providing outreach, advice and warm clothing. But charity is not, and should never be, a substitute for true social justice.
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